SHUFFLER 0094: OUT OF THE SAND
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
The Walkmen – “New Country” from You & Me (2008 Gigantic/Fierce Panda)

I should begin, I suppose, by making a few things very clear: 1) I have never used heroin 2) I cannot in any way condone heroin use 3) I do not have any reason to believe that the members of the Walkmen are heroin users. 360 more words

Former Asobi Seksu guitarist James Hanna followed his nose, back through his former (albeit, on some kind of haitus) bands earlier catalogue and into the two things that fed his interest – the fuzzy shoegaze of Spacemen 3 and Loop, and the more grungey alt rock of Dinosaur Jr and Mudhoney. 154 more words

The Walkmen. They are a lovely band. The problem is that no matter the acclaim given to more recent records, I cannot stop comparing each and every song off of these records to “The Rat” from the album 513 more words

Leithauser (Walkmen) released his debut solo LP, BLACK HOURS, on June 3. This blog previously featured three songs in anticipation of its release. Now here is the first video for a song from the album post-release. 12 more words

Leithauser (Walkmen) is poised to release his debut solo LP, BLACK HOURS, on June 3 (pushed back from the original release date of May 6). While we wait, he’s revealed three of the tracks from the album. 29 more words